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Corner Cottage 50 South Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5AR

25/1206/TCAWorks to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 18 August 2025

Council decision: Consent given on work to Tree appsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1) Large Leylandii Reduce the height of the tree by approximately 3m, removing as much as possible whilst retaining green foliage Reduce sides by approximately 1.5-2m all around, retaining as much green foliage as possible T2) Sycamore (growing into Leylandii) Reduce height by approximately 2m Cut back away from the pavement/road Retain the lower canopy to ensure client privacy T3) Ash Reduce back to the previous reduction points Retaining green foliage Remove deadwood from the crown T4) Sycamore Reduce height by approximately 2m Cut back away from the pavement/road Retain the lower canopy to ensure client privacy T5) Thuja Trim all around into a neat, compact form Lift the canopy away from the pavement/road T6) Sycamore Tree (by garage overhanging neighbouring front garden/property) Remove 1 x selected limb which is overhanging into neighbouring property (as shown in photo)

Received
14 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorleywood South And Maple Cross
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Corner Cottage 50 South Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5AR. Three Rivers has handled 739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Three Rivers's typical decision time. The site is in the Chorleywood, Station Estate conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Chorleywood South And Maple Cross. We hold 2,818 applications in total for the WD3 postcode area.

91% of trees applications at Three Rivers District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WD3 5AR
Application type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chorleywood Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2025
Target decision date
4 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Maycock Grove Northwood London HA6 3PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14139872
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Chorleywood, Station Estate
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    29 Sep

    Various tree works

    ApprovedWorks to trees in a conservation area17/2091/TCA

Source: Three Rivers

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